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We now regard these records as unhealthy and outmoded, in the light of. Furrer has held his record for so long that its probably high time that he was dethroned. Find more information about the following stories featured on today and browse this weeks videos. A lovely bitesized sampler was produced by guinness world records for the 2020 edition. Get ready to create a lasting keepsake album that you and your child will treasure with the school years record book. The guiness book of records 1966 norris and ross mcwhirter on. The very first guinness book of world records huffpost. Every item on this page was curated by an elle decor editor. It has a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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By 1960, the guinness book of records had sold an astonishing 500,000 copies. Youtuber rickrolling guinness world records while applying. Beaver was smart enough to put the famous guinness logo on each copy. It was 7 inches wide, 10 inches long, had a lime green. Here are some interesting guinness world record cars the drive.
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